CCIE Contract Job Trends in London

Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for CCIE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 439 336 353
Rank change year-on-year -103 +17 +11
Contract jobs citing CCIE 26 33 44
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.13% 0.24% 0.27%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.45% 0.92% 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 22 29
10th Percentile £363 £366 £349
25th Percentile £400 £459 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £693 £663 £650
90th Percentile £761 £686 £775
England median daily rate £508 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.73% - +10.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

CCIE falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,766 3,569 4,007
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.37% 26.49% 24.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,168 2,403 2,583
10th Percentile £366 £358 £350
25th Percentile £457 £447 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% - -2.27%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £650
90th Percentile £734 £738 £775
England median daily rate £530 £525 £535
% change year-on-year +0.95% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 81 60
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.87 £18.10
25th Percentile £26.25 - £24.17
Median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £35.75
Median % change year-on-year +114.71% -29.65% -24.74%
75th Percentile £85.00 £34.48 £56.38
90th Percentile £155.00 £65.00 £71.63
England median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £54.00
% change year-on-year +108.75% -53.43% +0.24%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CCIE relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

CCIE job vacancy trend in London

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Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing CCIE.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing CCIE

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCIE in London over the 6 months to 25 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CCIE in London

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Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing CCIE.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing CCIE

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCIE within the London region over the 6 months to 25 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -26 7 £475 -25.72% 7
South London -7 3 £450 -25.00%
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 5 (19.23%) Azure
2 4 (15.38%) AWS
3 2 (7.69%) GCP
4 1 (3.85%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.85%) Google Ads
4 1 (3.85%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 12 (46.15%) Firewall
1 12 (46.15%) WAN
2 10 (38.46%) BGP
2 10 (38.46%) LAN
3 9 (34.62%) Network Security
3 9 (34.62%) VPN
4 8 (30.77%) DNS
5 6 (23.08%) DHCP
5 6 (23.08%) OSPF
5 6 (23.08%) VXLAN
6 5 (19.23%) Ethernet
6 5 (19.23%) SD-WAN
6 5 (19.23%) Wireless
7 4 (15.38%) Cisco ISE
7 4 (15.38%) Ethernet VPN
7 4 (15.38%) TCP/IP
8 3 (11.54%) Cisco IOS
8 3 (11.54%) InfiniBand
8 3 (11.54%) Multicast
8 3 (11.54%) Structured Cabling
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Git
General
1 7 (26.92%) Social Skills
2 6 (23.08%) Finance
3 4 (15.38%) Public Sector
4 3 (11.54%) Banking
5 2 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.85%) Financial Institution
6 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 16 (61.54%) Network Engineer
2 6 (23.08%) Senior
3 4 (15.38%) Cisco Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Consultant
3 4 (15.38%) LAN Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Network Security Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Security Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
4 3 (11.54%) Cloud Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Network Consultant
5 2 (7.69%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Cloud Network Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Cloud Security Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Senior Cisco Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Senior Network Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Network Design Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Network Security Consultant
6 1 (3.85%) Senior Cisco Consultant
6 1 (3.85%) Senior Network Consultant
6 1 (3.85%) Senior Network Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) 802.1X
1 3 (11.54%) REST
2 1 (3.85%) eBPF
2 1 (3.85%) NETCONF
2 1 (3.85%) Spine.js
2 1 (3.85%) Terraform
2 1 (3.85%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 7 (26.92%) Data Centre
2 4 (15.38%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.85%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.85%) FMCG
3 1 (3.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (3.85%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (19.23%) Infrastructure as Code
1 5 (19.23%) Load Balancing
1 5 (19.23%) Network Segmentation
1 5 (19.23%) Observability
1 5 (19.23%) Presales
2 4 (15.38%) AI
2 4 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (15.38%) Low Latency
2 4 (15.38%) Network Monitoring
3 3 (11.54%) Cloud Security
3 3 (11.54%) Cost Reduction
3 3 (11.54%) Customer Experience
3 3 (11.54%) Design Patterns
3 3 (11.54%) Network Architecture
3 3 (11.54%) SIEM
3 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (11.54%) Storage Management
3 3 (11.54%) Thought Leadership
3 3 (11.54%) Use Case
3 3 (11.54%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 6 (23.08%) Python
2 2 (7.69%) Lisp
2 2 (7.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 26 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 23 (88.46%) CCNP
3 5 (19.23%) CCIE Security
3 5 (19.23%) Security Cleared
4 4 (15.38%) SC Cleared
5 3 (11.54%) CCNA
5 3 (11.54%) CISSP
6 1 (3.85%) CCIE Routing and Switching
6 1 (3.85%) CCNA CyberOps
6 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (3.85%) Degree
6 1 (3.85%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) NIST
1 1 (3.85%) NIST 800
1 1 (3.85%) QA
System Software
1 5 (19.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (23.08%) Ansible
2 3 (11.54%) FortiGate
3 1 (3.85%) Kubernetes
3 1 (3.85%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 19 (73.08%) Cisco
2 9 (34.62%) Fortinet
3 6 (23.08%) Arista
4 5 (19.23%) Aruba
4 5 (19.23%) Juniper
5 4 (15.38%) F5
5 4 (15.38%) Palo Alto
6 3 (11.54%) NVIDIA
7 2 (7.69%) Zscaler
8 1 (3.85%) CheckPoint
8 1 (3.85%) Infoblox
8 1 (3.85%) Meraki
8 1 (3.85%) Rockwell
8 1 (3.85%) Siemens